Jody Lafond (born 1956) is an American video artist and documentary filmmaker, and a co-founder of the Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center in Buffalo, NY.
[5] During the winter of 1979, Lafond and her friend Susan Clements attended a performance by the art duo the Kipper Kids.
[6] Lafond received a BA in history from the University at Buffalo in 1986, where a film course started an interest in video and filmmaking.
[5] In 1983, Lafond had a screening of her early work at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center as part of New Buffalo Video.
The program included work by Toni Billoni, Armin Heurich, Debbie Jordan, Brian Springer and Julie Zando.